Pete McCarthy Dies at 51
Even if you don't recognize his name, you'll recognize his books. Pete McCarthy was the author of the best selling McCarthy's Bar and The Road to McCarthy . From the BBC , "He was thrilled and…
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1321 postsWriting About Adventure, Food, and Travel
This looks good. Two days of quality teaching from quality food and travel writers. The World Is My Oyster: Writing About Adventure, Food, and Travel Featuring: The Myth and Reality of Adventure Travel,…
Read more →More Writing Related Leads from Craigslist
Here are some other leads I've found in the writing/editing jobs section of Craigslist: New South Asian Magazine [SF post] They are looking for freelance writers in their 20s and 30s to share their…
Read more →Do You Have A Completed Manuscript?
I was just surfing through the Craigslist writer ads and found a call for completed or very nearly done manuscripts on the outdoors or sports. I don't know how long this link will last, but here it is:…
Read more →I'm Home
But where is home? The better way to ask is, Where do you live? To which the reply I'm comfortable giving is, My storage unit is in San Francisco. It's actually in Redwood City, but that response would…
Read more →MOBYlives is back
Dennis Loy Johnson is back to blogging. Mobylives: news & commentary on books & writers We were talking about him just the other day in relation to his publishing house Melville House Books . They did Our…
Read more →Litquake Me Right Now!
I hope you heard about this somewhere else because it already started! The hip, cool, see and be seen, opportunity to meet that elusive novelist you've always had a crush on, literary extravaganza of San…
Read more →HotelChatter is Hiring Bloggers
If you love blogging and have a keen interest in hotels, HotelChatter.com is hiring. I was writing for them this past winter and spring and had fun doing it. It's fun writing. Gossip. Not stiff formula…
Read more →Susan Orlean: My Kind of Place
I can't remember where I first read that "The" Susan Orlean had come out with a new collection of her travel stories that were originally in The New Yorker, Outside Magazine, Travel & Leisure, Conde Nast…
Read more →Dinner with Booksellers
This year I was the guest author for our sales rep to show around at the Great Lakes Booksellers Association Fall Trade Show. John Mesjak, who covers the Midwest for our distributor Publishers Group West,…
Read more →Author Signing at the GLBA 2004
Ha ha! It looks like I am posting before Jay Gesin . We did not end up doing any head to head blogging in the lobby this morning. I slept in, and oh how I needed it. There is a small chance I might…
Read more →Which Came First, the Starlet or the Sales Rep?
It is almost 1am over here in Dearborn, Michigan. I'm at the Hyatt where the Great Lakes Booksellers Association convention is being held. Yes, I'm tired. I got 4.5 hours of sleep last night before I took…
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